From nobody Sat May 27 02:52:37 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QSmYN16TJz4V7Y0 for ; Sat, 27 May 2023 02:52:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@karels.net) Received: from mail2.karels.net (mail2.karels.net [3.19.118.201]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "freebsd", Issuer "freebsd" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QSmYM5P3nz44pH for ; Sat, 27 May 2023 02:52:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@karels.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from mail2.karels.net (localhost [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by mail2.karels.net (8.17.1/8.17.1) with ESMTP id 34R2qcZu071437; Fri, 26 May 2023 21:52:38 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mike@karels.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=karels.net; s=mail2; t=1685155958; bh=YiLVeCcLWyROWXeK61OzAGljc/e9uKQLP0v00wuWEms=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=MfknSalEPL3c89ADuFLviY8VC323gSFsClc9qCvSCFulweCFPD0FyQPP9x35w281Z xeWoAsSzNblsvvncS2RM1wNwP2j45H6NsW5OoQSB5sSekwxczsaqZpK1tCGGUGlNsQ gp05Tzxifg2EFGefnCUWQXbij8pO5bAmNAQVGg9JzLY/Vdo9MXwy9znwkoCqsXZaQq Nb8FA7DlAg54tEIZ5BlSPzsMquojEVLpU7CqFBUxWlJxFSdpb7MfiQoWQwb7BFP57W w3c/gWci19ZOevy9m1yUft0EAmNl2OnBMJYbPqtJ2zpD9NcE2b8PUjWYj45blZMGWG AVFRTSlJjpmnQ== Received: from [10.0.2.130] ([73.62.165.147]) by mail2.karels.net with ESMTPSA id puFuI3ZwcWQLFwEAs/W3XQ (envelope-from ); Fri, 26 May 2023 21:52:38 -0500 From: Mike Karels To: bob prohaska Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Surprise null root password Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 21:52:37 -0500 X-Mailer: MailMate (1.14r5964) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QSmYM5P3nz44pH X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16509, ipnet:3.16.0.0/14, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 26 May 2023, at 21:28, bob prohaska wrote: > It turns out all seven hosts in my cluster report > a null password for root in /usr/src/etc/master.passwd: > root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh > > Is that intentional? Well, it has been that way in FreeBSD since 1993, and in BSD since 1980 (4.0BSD). I guess you would say that it is intentional. The alternative would be to have a well-known password like root, but then it wouldn’t be as obvious that a local password had not been set. Mike > Thanks for reading, > > bob prohaska